Improvement in gloves



G. M. ALLERTON.

Gloves.

No. 211,614. Patented Jan. 28,1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

GEORGE M. ALLERTON, OF NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN GLOVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 211,614., datedJanuary 28, 1879 application filed July 12, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. ALLERTON, of Naugatuck, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain Improvementsin Gloves, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to produce a glove which shall combinethe qualities of being warm and water-proof, and also, it desired, ofhaving the appearance of a cloth, fur, or other glove; and to this endthe invention consists in building a rubber glove upon awoolen basis orlining, and then, if desired, covering the rubber with cloth, fur,leather, or other light material, applied to the outside, and in otherdetails, hereinafter described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a back viewof a glove made on my lan, a portion being broken away, in order to showthe manner in which the different layers are arranged; Fig. 2, across-section of the same; Fig. 3, a plan View, showing the form of theparts previous to their being united.

Water-proof gloves composed of rubber have for many years been known inthe market; but a serious objection to such gloves has been found in thefact that they afford little or no protection to the wearer againstcold.

As heretofore made, the gloves were sometimes constructed without anylining whatever, and in other cases provided with a lining or basis ofthin cotton-gauze, designed to support the rubber and hold the glove inshape, the gauze being quite thin, and being permeated and filled by therubber in such manner that the latter virtually comes in contact withthe hand of the wearer.

In constructing my improved glove, I provide a series of woolen piecesor sections, as represented in Fig. 3, suitable for the formation of theglove, these pieces beingcut in any ordinary or usual form, such asemployed in the construction of gloves from flannel or other heavywoolen material, of such character-as to afford the hand of the wearerprotection against cold. I next provide a series of rubber sections orpieces, corresponding in form and size with the woolen pieces. Theserubber sections are provided, if desired, with cement on both sides, andhave one side applied and permanently secured tothe woolen sections bythe cement or by the adhesiveness of the rubber. This operationproduces' sections composed on the inside of wool, and on the outside ofthe rubber, which has its outer surface provided with the ocment, asbefore mentioned. The compound sections thus formed are arranged in theproper relation to each other to form a glove, and united by means ofnarrow rubber strips a, applied over the scams or joints, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. The strips thus applied hold the parts or sectionssecurely together, and thus produce a complete glove, having a rubberexterior and a warm woolen lining.

- If desired, the gloves may be used in this condition; but for thebetter class of gloves another set of pieces or sections, cut from wool,fur, leather, or other ornamental material, are applied to the outsideof the glove to form a covering for the rubber, or of any desiredportion of the same, the outside cover being secured by means of thecement applied to the outside of the rubber, as before stated.

When the covering is of cloth or like material, the glove may be givenadditional strength and finish by the application of an exterior strip,cemented upon the scams or joints.

It will, of course, be understood that the rubber receives the cementupon its outer surface only when an exterior cover is to be applied, thecement being omitted when the covering is not used.

By the foregoing method of construction I am enabled to produce a glovewhich is extremely warm, perfectly water-tight, and which has a pleasingand neat appearance, and this without rendering them either stiff orheavy.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1. The glovecomposed of compound pieces or sections, united by means of strips a,applied as shown, each piece or section consisting of an inner surfaceof wool and an outer surface of rubber.

2. In a rubber glove, the combination of body-pieces composed of rubberand woolen fabric, outside covering-pieces of wool, fur, or likematerial, and intermediate fasteningstrips to, applied in the mannershown.

GEO. M. ALLERTON.

